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CONTEXTS. 



Laws: Page. 

Act of September 25, 1890, reserving lands for park purposes (Sequoia 
National Park), and providing for control by Secretary of the Interior, ' 
regulations, leases, and use of revenues 5 

Act of October 1, 1890, reserving additional lands for park purposes (Se- 
quoia and General Grant national parks), and providing for control by 
Secretary of the Interior, regulations, leases, and use of revenues 6 

Sundry civil act of June 6, 1900, authorizing detail of troops for protection 
of Sequoia, General Grant, and Yosemite national parks 7 

Act of February 15, 1901, relating to rights of way through certain parks 
(Sequoia, General Grant, and Yosemite), reservations, and other public 

lands, for electrical or other purposes 8 

Rules and regulations: 

General regulations for government of Sequoia National Park, approved 
March 30, 1907 9 

Regulations governing the impounding and disposition of loose live stock, 

Sequoia National Park, approved March 30, 1907 10 

General and impounding regulations, General Grant National Park, ap- 
proved March 30, 1907 11 

General legislation: 

Section 5391, Revised Statutes, providing for prosecutions under State laws 
where no Federal laws are applicable 12 

Act of July 7, 1898, vesting jurisdiction for trial of offenses under the pre- 
ceding section 12 

Act of March 3, 1875, providing penalties for cutting timber on reserved 

lands, destroying fences, driving live stock, etc 12 

Act of June 3, 1878, as amended by act of August 4, 1892, providing penalty 

for cutting timber on lands of United States in public-land States 13 

Act of June 10, 1896, providing penalty for changing or removing survey 
marks 14 

Act of February 6, 1905, providing for arrests by National Park and Forest 

employees for violations of laws and regulations 14 

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LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE SEQUOIA AND 
GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARKS, CAL. 



LAWS. 



ACT OF SEPTEMBER 25, 1890 (26 STAT., 478). a 
AN ACT To set apart a certain tract of land in the State of California as a public park. 

Whereas, the rapid destruction of timber and ornamental trees in 
various parts of the United States, some of which trees are the won- 
ders of the world on account of their size and the limited number 
growing, makes it a matter of importance that at least some of said 
forests should be preserved: Therefore 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the tract of land in the 
State of California known and described as township numbered 
eighteen south, of range numbered thirty east, also township eighteen 
south range thirty-one east; and sections thirty-one, thirty- two, 
thirty-three, and thirty-four, township seventeen south range thirty 
east, all east of Mount Diablo meridian, is hereby reserved and 
withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of 
the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park, or 
pleasure ground, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people; and 
all persons who shall locate or settle upon, or occupy the same or 
any part thereof, except as hereinafter provided, shall be considered 
trespassers and removed therefrom. 

Sec. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive con- 
trol of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon 
as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as 
he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of 
the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from 
injury of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or wonders 
within said park, and their retention in their natural condition. 
The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant, leases for building pur- 
poses for terms not exceeding ten years of small parcels of ground 
not exceeding five acres, at such places in said park as shall require 
the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors; all of 
the proceeds of said leases and other revenues that may be derived 
from any source connected with said park to be expended under 
his direction in the management of the same and the construction 

('This act covers part of Sequoia National Park; the remainder of said park is reserved by section 3 
of act of October 1, 1890, which follows. 

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6 LAWS SEQUOIA AND GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARKS. 

of roads and paths therein. He shall provide against the wanton 
destruction of the fish and game found within said park, and against 
their capture or destruction, for the purposes of merchandise or 
profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same, 
after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and, generally, 
shall be authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary 
or proper to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act. 



ACT OF OCTOBER i, 1890 (26 STAT., 6so).a 

AN ACT To set apart certain tracts of land in the State of California as forest reser- 
vations. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the tracts of land in the 
State of California known as described as follows: Commencing at 
the northwest corner of township two north, range nineteen east 
Mount Diablo meridian, thence eastwardly on the line between town- 
ships two and three north, ranges twenty-four and twenty-five east; 
thence southwardly on the line between ranges twenty-four and 
twenty-five east to the Mount Diablo base line; thence eastwardly on 
said base line to the corner to township one south, ranges twenty-five 
and twenty-six east; thence southwardly on the line between ranges 
twenty-five and twenty-six east to the southeast corner of township 
two south, range twenty-five east; thence eastwardly on the line 
between townships two and three south, range twenty-six east to the 
corner to townships two and three south, ranges twenty-six and 
twenty-seven east; thence southwardly on the line between ranges 
twenty-six and twenty-seven east to the first standard parallel south; 
thence westwardly on the first standard parallel south to the south- 
west corner of township four south, range nineteen east; thence 
northwardly on the line between ranges eighteen and nineteen east to 
the northwest corner of township two south, range nineteen east; 
thence westwardly on the line between townships one and two south 
to the southwest corner of township one south, range nineteen east; 
thence northwardly on the line between ranges eighteen and nineteen 
east to the northwest corner of township two north, range nineteen 
east, the place of beginning, are hereby reserved and withdrawn from 
settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, 
and set apart as reserved forest lands; and all persons who shall locate 
or settle upon, or occupy the same or any part thereof, except as 
hereinafter provided, shall be considered trespassers and removed 
therefrom: Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall be con- 
strued as in anywise affecting the grant of lands made to the State of 
California by virtue of the act entitled "An act authorizing a grant to 
the State of California of the Yosemite Valley, and of the land 
embracing the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, approved June thirtieth, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-four; or as affecting any bona fide entry 

"Sections 1 and 2 of this act relate to Yosemite N a I iona] Park. Of the lands described In sections 
ef the act, Tps. 15 and 16 S., Rs. 29 and 30 E., Mount Diablo base and meridian, and all of Tp. 17 8., R. 
3D EL, wiili the exception of Sees. 31, 32, 33, and 34, form part of the Sequoia National Park, the 1 
forming the remainder of said park being reserved by the act of September 25, L890. The following 

described in seel ion 3 constitute General Granl National Park: Sees. 5 and 6, Tp. 14 S., R.28 
and Sees. 31 and 32, Tp. 13 S., R.28 E., Mount Diablo base and meridian. 



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of land made within the limits above described under any law of the 
United States prior to the approval of this act. 

Sec. 2. That said reservation shall be under the exclusive control 
of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as 
practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may 
deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. 
Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from injury of all 
timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said 
reservation, and their retention in their natural condition. The 
Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases for building purposes for 
terms not exceeding ten years of small parcels of ground not exceeding 
five acres; at such places in said reservation as shall require the erec- 
tion of buildings for the accommodation of visitors; all of the proceeds 
of said leases and other revenues that may be derived from any 
source connected with said reservation to be expended under his 
direction in the management of the same and the construction of 
roads and paths therein. He shall provide against the wanton 
destruction of the fish, and game found within said reservation, and 
against their capture or destruction, for the purposes of merchandise 
or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same 
after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and, generalty, 
shall be authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary or 
proper to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act. 

Sec. 3. There shall also be and is hereb}^ reserved and withdrawn 
from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United 
States, and shall be set apart as reserved forest lands, as hereinbefore 
provided, and subject to all the limitations and provisions herein con- 
tained, the following additional lands, to wit: Township seventeen 
south, range thirty east of the Mount Diablo meridian, excepting 
sections thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, and thirty-four of said 
township, included in a previous bill. And there is also reserved and 
withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the 
United States, and set apart as forest lands, subject to like limitations, 
conditions, and provisions, all of townships fifteen and sixteen south, 
of ranges twenty-nine and thirty east of the Mount Diablo meridian. 
And there is also hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, 
occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and set apart 
as reserved forest lands under like limitations, restrictions, and pro- 
visions, sections five and six in township fourteen south, range twenty- 
eight east of Mount Diablo meridian, and also sections thirty-one and 
thirty-two of township thirteen south, range twenty-eight east of the 
same meridian. Nothing in this act shall authorize rules or contracts 
touching the protection and improvement of said reservations beyond 
the sums that may be received by the Secretary of the Interior under 
the foregoing provisions, or authorize any charge against the Treasury 
of the United States. 



FROM THE SUNDRY CIVIL. ACT OF JUNE 6, 1900 (31 STAT., 618). 

The Secretary of War, upon the request of the Secretary of the 
Interior, is hereafter authorized and directed to make the necessary 
detail of troops to prevent trespassers or intruders from entering the 
Sequoia National Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the General 



8 LAWS SEQUOIA AND GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARKS. 

Grant National Park, respectively, in California, for the purpose of 
destroying the game or objects of curiosity therein, or for any other 
purpose prohibited by law or regulation for the government of said 
reservations, and to remove such persons from said park if found 
therein. 



ACT OF FEBRUARY 15, 1901 (31 STAT., 790). 

AN ACT Relating to rights of way through certain parks, reservations, and other 

public lands. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 
Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general 
regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of rights of way 
through the public lands, forest and other reservations of the United 
States, and the Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant national parks, 
California, for electrical plants, poles, and lines for the generation and 
distribution of electrical power, and for telephone and telegraph pur- 
poses, and for canals, ditches, pipes and pipe lines, flumes, tunnels, 
or other water conduits, and for water plants, dams, and reservoirs 
used to promote irrigation or mining or quarrying, or the manufac- 
turing or cutting of timber or lumber, or the supplying of water for 
domestic, public, or any other beneficial uses to the extent of the 
ground occupied by such canals, ditches, flumes, tunnels, reservoirs, 
or other water conduits or water plants, or electrical or other works 
permitted hereunder, and not to exceed fifty feet on each side of the 
marginal limits thereof, or not to exceed fifty feet on each side of the 
center lines of such pipes and pipe lines, electrical, telegraph, and 
telephone lines and poles, by any citizen, association, or corporation 
of the United States, where it is intended by such to exercise the use 
permitted hereunder or any one or more of the purposes herein 
named: Provided, That such permits shall be allowed within or 
through any of said parks or any forest, military, Indian, or other 
reservation only upon the approval of the chief officer of the Depart- 
ment under whose supervision such park or reservation falls and 
upon a finding by him that the same is not incompatible with the 
public interest : Provided further, That all permits given hereunder 
for telegraph and telephone purposes shall be subject to the provi- 
sion of title sixty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 
and amendments thereto, regulating rights of way for telegraph 
companies over the public domain: And provided further, That any 
permission given by the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions 
of this Act may be revoked by him or his successor in his discretion, 
and shall not be held to confer any right, or easement, or interest in, 
to, or over any public land, reservation, or park. 



RUIiES AND REGULATIONS. 

GENERAL REGULATIONS OF MARCH 30, 1907. 

Sequoia National Park. 

1. By act of Congress, approved September 25, 1890, the tract of 
land in the State of California described in township 18 south and 
ranges 30 and 31 east, and also sections 31, 32, 33, and 34, in town- 
ship 17 south and range 30 east, and by act of Congress, approved 
October 1, 1890, the adjoining tract described as townships 15 and 
16 south, ranges 29 and 30 east, and also township 17 south, range 
30 east, except above-mentioned sections 31, 32, 33, and 34, have 
been set apart for a public park, and the same shall be known as the 
" Sequoia National Park." 

2. The park by said act is placed under the exclusive control of 
the Secretary of the Interior, and these rules and regulations are 
made and published in pursuance of the duty imposed on him in 
regard thereto. 

3. It is forbidden to injure or disturb in any manner, any of the 
mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders, on the Government 
lands within the park. 

4. It is forbidden to cut or injure any timber growing on the park 
lands. Camping parties will be allowed to use dead or fallen timber 
for fuel. 

5. Fires shall be lighted only when necessary and completely ex- 
tinguished when not longer required. The utmost care must be 
exercised at all times to avoid setting fire to the timber and grass. 

6. Hunting or killing, wounding or capturing any bird or wild 
animal on the park lands, except dangerous animals when necessary 
to prevent them from destroying life or inflicting an injury, is pro- 
hibited. The outfits, including guns, traps, teams, horses, or means 
of transportation used by persons engaged in hunting, killing, trap- 
ping, ensnaring, or capturing such birds or wild animals, or in posses- 
sion of game killed on the park lands under other circumstances than 
prescribed above, will be taken up by the superintendent and held 
subject to order of the Secretary of the Interior, except in cases 
where it is shown by satisfactory evidence that the outfit is not 
the property of the person, or persons, violating this regulation' and 
the actual owner thereof was not a party to such violation. Fire- 
arms will only be permitted in the park on written permission from 
the superintendent thereof. 

7. Fishing with nets, seines, traps, or by the use of drugs or explo- 
sives, or in any other way than with hook and fine, is prohibited. 
Fishing for purposes of merchandise or profit is forbidden. Fishing 
may be prohibited by order of the superintendent of the park in any 
of the waters of the park, or limited therein to any specified season 
of the year, until otherwise ordered by the Secretary of the Interior. 

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10 REGULATIONS SEQUOIA AND GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARKS. 

8. No person will be permitted to reside permanently, or to 
engage in any business on the Government lands in the park without 
permission^ in writing, from the Secretary of the Interior. The 
superintendent may grant authority to competent persons to act as 
guides and revoke the same in his discretion, and no pack trains shall 
be allowed in the park unless in charge of a duly registered guide. 

9. Owners of patented lands within the park limits are entitled 
to the full use and enjoyment thereof; such lands, however, shall 
have the metes and bounds thereof so marked and defined as that 
they may be readily distinguished from the park lands. Stock may 
be taken over the park lands to patented lands with the written 
permission and under the supervision of the superintendent. 

10. The herding or grazing of loose stock or cattle of any kind on 
the " Government lands in the park, as well as the driving of such 
stock or cattle over the same, is strictly forbidden, except in such 
cases where authority therefor is granted by the superintendent. 

11'. The sale or use of intoxicating liquors on the Government 
lands in the park is strictly forbidden. 

12. Private notices or advertisements shall not be posted or dis- 
played on the Government lands within the reservation, except such 
as may be necessary for the convenience and guidance of the public. 

13. Persons who render themselves obnoxious by disorderly con- 
duct or bad behavior, or who may violate any of the foregoing rules 
may be summarily removed from the park and will not be allowed 
to return without permission, in writing, from the Secretary of the 
Interior or the superintendent of the park. 

14. The superintendent designated by the Secretary is hereby 
authorized and directed to remove all trespassers from the Gov- 
ernment lands in the park and enforce these rules and regulations 
and all the provisions of the act of Congress aforesaid. 



REGULATIONS OF MARCH 30, 1907, GOVERNING THE IMPOUNDING 
AND DISPOSITION OF LOOSE LIVE STOCK. 

Horses, cattle, or other domestic live stock running at large or 
being herded or grazed on the Government lands in the Sequoia 
National Park without authority from the superintendent of the 
park, will be taken up and impounded by the superintendent, who 
will at once give notice thereof to the owner, if known. If the owner 
is not known, notices of such impounding, giving a description of 
the animal or animals, with the brands thereon, will be posted in 
six public places inside the park and in two public places outside the 
park. Any owner of an animal thus impounded may, at any time 
before the sale thereof, reclaim the same upon proving ownership 
and paying the cost of notice and all expenses incident to the taking 
up and detention of such animal, including the cost of feeding and 
caring for the same. If any animal thus impounded shall not be 
reclaimed within thirty days from notice to the owner or from the 
date of posting notices, it shall be sold at public auction at such 
time and place as may be fixed by the superintendent after ten days' 
notice, to be given by posting notices in six public places in the park 
and two public places outside the park, and by mailing to the owner, 
if known, a copy thereof. 



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All money received from the sale of such animals and remaining 
after the payment of all expenses incident to the taking up, impound- 
ing, and selling thereof, shall be carefully retained by the superintend- 
ent in a separate fund for a period of six months, during which time 
the net proceeds from the sale of any animal may be claimed by and 
paid to the owner upon the presentation of satisfactory proof of 
ownership; and if not so claimed within six months from the date 
of sale such proceeds shall be turned into the Sequoia National 
Park fund. 

The superintendent shall keep a record in which shall be set down 
a description of all animals impounded, giving the brands found on 
them, the date and locality of the taking up, the date of all notices 
and manner in which they were given, the date of sale, the name and 
address of the purchaser, the amount for which each animal was 
sold and the cost incurred in connection therewith, and the disposi- 
tion of the proceeds. 

The superintendent will, in each instance, make every reasonable 
effort to ascertain the owner of animals impounded and to give 
actual notice thereof to such owner. 



General Grant National Park. 

1. By act of Congress, approved October 1, 1890, the tract of 
land m the State of California described as sections 5 and 6, in town- 
ship 14 south, range 28 east, of Mount Diablo Meridian, and also 
sections 31 and 32 of township 13 south, range 28 east of the same 
meridian, have been set apart for a public park, and the same shall 
be known as the " General Grant National Park," " General 
Grant" being the name by which the Great Tree therein is so widely 
known. 

All other provisions of the General Grant Park regulations are the 
same as those for Sequoia National Park. 



GENERAL LEGISLATION. 

SECTION 5391, REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Prosecutions under State Laws where no Federal Laws are Applicable. 

If any offense be committed in any place which has been or may 
hereafter be, ceded to and under the jurisdiction of the United 
States, which offense is not prohibited, or the punishment thereof is 
not specially provided for, by any law of the United States, such 
offense shall be liable to, and receive, the same punishment as the 
laws of the State in which such place is situated, now in force, pro- 
vide for the like offense when committed within the jurisdiction of 
such State; and no subsequent repeal of any such State law shall 
affect any prosecution for such offense in any court of the United 
States. 



ACT OF JULY 7, 1898 (30 STAT., 717). 

AN ACT To protect the harbor defenses and fortifications constructed or used by the 
United States from malicious injury, and for other purposes. 



Sec. 2. That when any offense is committed in any place, jurisdic- 
tion over which has been retained by the United States or ceded to it 
by a State, or which has been purchased with the consent of a State for 
the erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, or other needful build- 
ing or structure, the punishment for which offense is not provided for 
by any law of the United States, the person committing such offense 
shall, upon conviction in a circuit or district court of the United 
States for the district in which the offense was committed, be liable 
to and receive the same punishment as the laws of the State in which 
such place is situated now provide for the like offense when com- 
mitted within the jurisdiction of such State, and the said courts arc 
hereby vested with jurisdiction for such purpose; and no subsequent 
repeal of any such State law shall affect any such prosecution. 



ACT OF MARCH 3, 1875 (18 STAT., 481). 
Cutting Timber on Reserved Lands, Destroying Fences, etc. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative* of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That if any person 
or persons shall knowingly and unlawfully cut, or shall knowingly aid, 

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assist, or be employed in unlawfully cutting, or shall wantonly destroy 
or injure, or procure to be wantonly destroyed or injured, any timber- 
tree or any shade or ornamental tree, or any other kind of tree, stand- 
ing, growing, or being upon any land of the United States, which, in 
pursuance of law, have been reserved, or which have been purchased 
by the United States for any public use, every such person or persons 
so offending, on conviction thereof before any circuit or district court 
of the United States, shall, for every such offense, pay a fine not 
exceeding $500, or shall be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months. 

Sec. 2. That if any person or persons shall knowingly and unlaw- 
fully break or destroy any fence, wall, hedge, or gate inclosing any 
lands of the United States, which have, in pursuance of any law, been 
reserved or purchased by the United States for an}^ public use, every 
such person so offending, on conviction, shall, for every such offence, 
pay a fine not exceeding $200, or be imprisoned not exceeding six 
months. 

Sec. 3. That if any person or persons shall knowingly and unlaw- 
fully break, open, or destroy any gate, fence, hedge, or wall inclosing 
any lands of the United States, reserved or purchased as aforesaid, 
and shall drive any cattle, horses, or hogs upon the lands aforesaid 
for the purpose of destroying the grass or trees on the said grounds, 
or where they may destroy the said grass or trees, or if any such per- 
son or persons shall knowingly permit his or their cattle, horses, or 
hogs to enter through any of said inclosures upon the lands of the 
United States aforesaid, where the said cattle, horses, or hogs may or 
can destroy the grass or trees or other property of the United States 
on the said land, every such person or persons so offending, on con- 
viction, shall pay a fine not exceeding $500, or be imprisoned not 
exceeding twelve months. 

Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to 
unsurveyed public lands and to public lands subject to preemption 
and homestead laws, or to public lands subject to an act to promote 
the development of the mining resources of the United States, 
approved May 10, 1872. 



ACT OF JUNE 3, 1878 (20 STAT., 89), AS AMENDED BY SEC. 2, OF 
THE ACT OF AUGUST 4, 1892 (27 STAT., 348). 

Cutting Timber on Lands of the United States. 

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Sec. 4. After the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to cut, or 
cause or procure to be cut, or wantonly destroy, any timber growing 
on any lands of the United States in public-land States, or remove, 
or cause to be removed, any timber from said public lands with in- 
tent to export or dispose of the same; and no owner, master, or con- 
signee of any vessel, or owner, director, or agent of any railroad, shall 
knowingly transport the same, or any lumber manufactured there- 
from; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined for every 
such offense a sum not less than one hundred nor more than one 
thousand dollars. 



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ACT OF JUNE 10, 1896 (29 STAT., 343). 

Changing or Removing Survey Marks. 

AN ACT Making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian 
Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1897, and for other purposes. 

Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person to destroy, deface, 
change, or remove to another place any section corner, quarter-sec- 
tion corner, or meander post on any Government line of survey, or 
to cut down any witness tree or any tree blazed to mark the line of a 
Government survey, or to deface, change, or remove any monument 
or bench mark of any Government survey. That any person who 
shall offend against any of the provisions of this paragraph shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any 
court shall be fined not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or be 
imprisoned not more than one hundred days. All the fines accruing 
under this paragraph shall be paid into the Treasury, and the in- 
former, in each case of conviction, shall be paid the sum of twenty- 
five dollars. 



ACT OF FEBRUARY 6, 1905 (33 STAT., 700). 

Arrests by National Park and Forest Employees. 

AN ACT For the protection of the public forest reserves and national parks of the 

United States. 

All persons employed in the forest-reserve ana national-park service 
of the United States shall have authority to make arrests for the 
violation of the laws and regulations relating to the forest reserves 
and national parks, and any person so arrested shall be taken before 
the nearest United States commissioner, within whose jurisdiction 
the reservation or national park is located, for trial; and upon sworn 
information by any competent person any United States commissioner 
in the proper jurisdiction shall issue process for the arrest of any 
person charged with the violation of said laws and regulations ; but 
nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest 
by any officer of the United States, without process, of any person 
taken in the act of violating said laws and regulations. 

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